Saturday, June 19, 2010

SAN ANTONIO ENCORE

CH Tamarin Tug

The Affenpinscher, CH Tamarin Tug, did an encore in San Antonio today taking his second BIS in as many days in San Antonio TX. His fellow finalists in G Timothy Doxtater’s ring at the Comal County Kennel Club show were the English Springer Spaniel, CH Wil-Orion Twenty Twenty, the Afghan Hound, CH Genesis Silverado, CH Cammcastle's Friar Tuck, the Skye Terrier, CH Cragsmoor Buddy Goodman, the Tibetan Terrier, CH Sunclipse Mystique, and the Briard, CH Celebratia VintageEightyFour. Does anybody know the all breed BIS record for Affenpinschers?

Seriously people. Stop the trash talk and hiding behind annonymous. There is enough of it at the shows. By the time you get home to read this blog, you'd better have a life. I guess all the negative people who try to bad mouth people and dogs really don't have a life. If dog shows are as bad as you want to write then get out!

Anonymous at 1:07 pm on june 20-Where in teh AKC rules does it say that you can't bring a dog out of retirement to show them.It doesn't at all.How do you know this is not the original Taser?Have you done DNA testing on this one at the one who you say is the original?I say you haven't.So unless you know whats going on with this dog keep your comments to your self.

I find This whole Affenpinscher conversation amusing. In one camp a top dog has been brought out of retirement and another was awarded a Best in show by it's breeder. In the other camp, a dog has been imported by a judge and is promoted by this judge and his "team". Is anything in either camps ethical? I think not...

To those who are against Taser comming out retirement-If you owned this dog and he still looked darn good at his age you would also bring him out of retirement to try to get his Grand Championshipship.It is good publicity for ones kennel to see a older dog can still compete with the the younger ones.The ones that are so against it are just jealous because they don't have a dog in their kennel that still look good enough to bring back out at the age of 8 or 9.Everyone(ownder/handlers)would bring a dog back out of retirement at the age of 8,9 or 10 to see if it can get its Grand Championship if it was still looking good and you know it.

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The author has been attending dog shows as a spectator and exhibitor for over 45 years. He is a retired management consultant who has advised multiple organizations affiliated with the AKC and the Cat Fanciers Association on business management, long range planning, customer service, and legislative matters. After 25 years of living in the big cities of New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, he now resides in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

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